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Working with textDifferent types of text
Block Text
Block Text allows you to import text from a file on disk or from the clipboard. Proceed 
as follows:
1.Click the Block Text symbol on the Other tab to activate the Draw tool.
You can insert block text on the project layer (for text that should appear on all 
pages, for example, the score title), on the layout layer (to print a title only for a 
particular track layout, for example, for a particular instrument), or on the note layer 
(this text only appears in the score for a particular part).
2.Click in the score where you want to insert the text.
A regular file dialog appears.
3.Select a file (TXT or RTF) to import.
4.Click Open.
The text in the file is inserted into the score.
•Right-clicking on inserted Block Text brings up a pop-up menu with the following 
options:
The RTF Settings dialog
Selecting “Settings…” from the context menu (or double-clicking the Block Text) 
brings up a dialog with settings for the Block Text. These are:
Menu itemDescription
Settings…Brings up the RTF Settings dialog. You can also open this by double-
clicking the Block Text.
Import Text…Imports text from a text file or RTF file. The imported text replaces any 
text currently inserted at the position of the Block Text.
Update TextReloads the text from the file.
Text From 
ClipboardPastes the text from the clipboard into the Block Text.
Text To ClipboardCopies the Block Text to the clipboard.
Hide/ShowHides the inserted block text. To make the text visible again, activate 
the Hide checkbox in the filter bar and select “Hide/Show” on the 
context menu.
PropertiesBrings up the RTF Settings dialog. 
SettingDescription
FontLets you select the font to use for the Block Text. If “No Change” is 
selected, the font in the original file (if applicable) is used.
SizeThe text size, as a percentage.
Draw FrameWhen this is activated, a frame is shown around the Block Text.
Word wrapWhen this is activated, line breaks are used to fit the text in the Block 
Text symbol.
Replace modeIn this mode, the Block Text box is opaque, covering what’s under it.
Trans modeIn this mode, the Block Text box is transparent. 
						

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Working with textDifferent types of text
Lay Text
The Lay Text symbol allows you to insert layout text for multiple staves. This is available 
only on the layout layer.
To hide or show the inserted text for different staves in the layout, deactivate or 
activate the “L” column for the corresponding tracks on the Layout page of the Score 
Settings dialog. The text appears in all staves for which you have activated the “L” 
column. This means that the text is tied to the bar and staff position. If you move the 
bar or the entire staff, the text moves with it.
To enter layout text, proceed as follows:
1.In the Project window, select the tracks for which you want to enter text.
2.Open the Score Editor.
3.On the Other tab of the Symbols Inspector, activate the Lay Text symbol and click 
at the position in the score where you want to insert the text.
4.Enter the text that you want to display for the Layout.
As with regular text, you can copy and paste text from external sources to this symbol. 
For further information, see 
“Regular text” on page 848.
Page text
The page text symbols are found on the Other tab. If you insert page text on the 
project layer, it is part of the project layout and appears in all layouts. 
The position of page text is not tied to a note, bar or staff position. In other words, it 
does not matter if you move other objects on the page, the page text stays where you 
inserted it. Typically, it is used for score titles, page numbers, copyright information 
and other text elements that you want displayed with all parts (on all pages if you like).
To enter page text, proceed as follows:
1.Open the Other tab of the Symbols Inspector.
2.Click the Page Text symbol and click in the score.
It does not matter where you click – the positioning is specified in the Page Text 
dialog.
3.Enter the text that you want displayed in the field at the top of the dialog.
You can use special characters to add “variables” such as page numbers – see 
below.
4.Adjust the positioning settings for the text:
OptionDescription
Show on all PagesWhen this is activated, the text is shown on all pages. The “Except 
First” checkbox allows you to exclude the very first page.
Show on First 
PageWhen this is selected, the text is only shown on the first page.
LineThis determines how the text is aligned. For example, if you place 
several texts on “Top/Left”, you can sort them by entering the desired 
number of lines.
Toggle PositionWhen the Left or Right position option is selected to the right, 
activating this checkbox makes the text alternate between left and 
right alignment on even/odd pages.
Position buttonsDetermines where on the page you want the text, vertically 
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5.Select a text attribute set for the text, or make manual settings for font, size, and 
style.
6.Click OK.
The text is inserted. You can adjust the positioning manually by dragging the text 
block.
Inserting variables
When you enter the text, you can also insert special characters or “place holders” for 
different attributes. When the text is displayed, these characters are replaced by their 
actual values (e.g. page numbers). The following variables are available:
For example, if you enter the text “%l, %r, Page %p”, these variables might be shown 
as “1st Violin, Quartet No.2, Page 12” in the score.
Using the Score Settings (Text page)
In the Score Settings dialog on the Text page, you can find a number of text-related 
settings. The symbol buttons correspond to the symbols found on the Other tab of the 
Symbols Inspector, see 
“Symbol details” on page 832.
•On the Layer pop-up menu, select the layer that you want to use.
The text symbols available for this layer are displayed to the left of the pop-up 
menu.
•You can use the text symbols in the same way as you would use symbols from the 
Inspector or a symbol palette.
When you select a text symbol and move the mouse pointer over the score, the 
pointer changes to a pencil, and you can enter text at the position you click on.
The Notepad tab and the Selection tab
Below the text symbols and the Layer pop-up menu, you can find two tabs with large 
text entry fields.
•Use the Notepad tab to enter longer text passages. When you are happy with the 
text in terms of wording and length, select all or part of the text, and select a note 
in the score. Now, the Insert Lyrics button below the Notepad tab becomes 
available. 
When you click Insert Lyrics, the selected text is entered into the score, starting 
from the note you selected.
•When you select text in the score and open the Selection tab, the selected words 
are shown in the text field. You can now change the wording of the text, and use 
the text format options to the left to change the appearance of the selected text. 
When you are done, click Apply to apply your changes to the selected text in the 
score.
Text to enterText that is displayed
%pThe current page number.
%l (lower case L)The long staff name.
%sThe short staff name.
%rThe name of the project. 
						

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Text functions
In addition to the text symbols that you can add to the different layers, you have other 
text functions at your disposal that support you while working on the score. These are 
described in the following sections.
The Words tab
If you have certain words that you use a lot, you can save these as dedicated symbols 
on the Words tab. This saves time, since you do not have to type the same word over 
and over again.
Storing a word
1.Open the Words symbol tab.
This tab is hidden by default. See “Showing/Hiding Symbols Inspector tabs” on 
page 813 for information on how to display hidden Inspector tabs.
2.Double-click on an “empty” symbol.
The Custom Text Editor dialog appears.
3.Type in the desired word(s) in the text field at the top of the dialog.
4.Specify the text type (regular text or lyrics) with the Type pop-up menu.
5.Make settings for font, size, and style.
You can also use a text attribute set if you like.
6.Click Exit to close the dialog.
The words that you entered appear in the selected symbol field on the Words tab.
•Right-clicking one of the fields opens a context menu with a number of options:
- Select “Edit…” to open the Custom Text Editor dialog.
- Select “New” to add a new empty symbol to the Words tab.
- Select “Remove” to delete any unwanted symbols from the Words tab.
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Inserting a word
You insert words from the Words tab as you would insert any regular symbol, by 
selecting the appropriate word and clicking in the score. However, you can edit the 
word after inserting it, just as with text inserted by typing.
Find and replace
This function allows you to replace all occurrences of a certain word or group of 
words, with another word or group of words. The replacement is done once and for 
all, for all text symbol types, regardless of font, size, and style settings. Proceed as 
follows:
1.Open the Scores menu and select “Find and Replace” from the Functions 
submenu.
The Find and Replace dialog opens.
2.In the Find value field, enter the words to replace.
3.If you want all instances of the words to be replaced, regardless of upper/lower 
case, deactivate the “Case Sensitive” option.
4.If you do not want to replace the words if they are a part of another word, activate 
the “Entire Word” option.
For example, if you want to replace the word “string” but not the word 
“stringendo”, you should activate “Entire Word”.
5.In the “Replace” field, enter the words that are to be used as replacement.
6.Click OK.
Now all occurrences of the “Find” words are replaced with the “Replace” words.
Staff names
You can make settings for staff names in several places:
•In the Score Settings dialog on the Layout page, you specify whether the staff 
names are shown at all and whether to use the names of the actual edited tracks in 
the score.
In a multi-track layout, you can choose for which tracks the staff names are shown 
by clicking in the “N” column for each track.
•You specify a long and short staff name in the Score Settings dialog, on the Staff 
page (Main tab).
These are used if you do not use the “From Tracks” option on the Layout page of 
the Score Settings dialog. The long name is displayed for the first system only, and 
the short name for the following systems. If you want a name at the top of the page 
only, leave the “Short” name field empty.
!If the “Show Long Staff Names on new Pages” option is activated in the Score 
Settings dialog on the Project–Notation Style subpage (Staff Names category), the 
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To select a font for staff names, proceed as follows:
1.Open the Score Settings dialog on the Project page and select the Font Settings 
subpage.
2.Select the Project Text tab.
3.Use the “Font For” pop-up menu to select “Staff Names”.
4.Select font, size, and styles for the staff names (or use a text attribute set).
5.Click Apply and close the Score Settings dialog.
Additional staff name settings
•If you activate the “Show Staff Names to Left of Staff” option in the Score Settings 
dialog on the Project–Notation Style subpage (Staff Names category), the staff 
names are shown to the left of the staves, instead of above them.
•You can define separate subnames for the upper and the lower staff in a 
polyphonic or split system, see 
“Staff names” on page 772.
•You can fine-tune the vertical and horizontal position of staff names with some of 
the options on the Project–Spacings subpage of the Score Settings dialog.
Bar Numbers
Bar Number settings can be made in several places as well.
General settings
1.Open the Score Settings dialog on the Project page and select the Notation Style 
subpage.
2.Scroll down the list to the “Bar Numbers” category.
3.Use the “Show every” setting to specify how often bar numbers are shown.
The options are “First Bar” (bar numbers shown for the first bar on each staff), 
“Off” (no bar numbers shown) and any number. Click in the State column and use 
the mouse wheel to select the desired option.
4.If you like, activate the “Show Range with Multi-Rests” option.
When this is activated, and you have a multi-rest, the bar number at the beginning 
of the multi-rest shows a range, indicating the length of the multi-rest.
5.If you want the bar numbers to be displayed below the bar lines, activate the 
“Below Bar Lines” option.
6.Click Apply and close the Score Settings dialog.
Font settings
As with many of the other fixed text elements, you can select a font, size, and style for 
bar numbers in the Score Settings dialog, on the Project–Font Settings subpage.
Spacing
On the Project–Spacings subpage of the Score Settings dialog, you can find four 
settings that relate to bar numbers:
OptionDescription
First Bar Number – 
Horizontal OffsetSets the horizontal distance between the bar number and the 
bar line for the first bar on each staff.
First Bar Number – 
Vertical OffsetSets the vertical distance between the bar number and the bar 
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Offsetting bar numbers
If you double-click on a bar number, a dialog appears, allowing you to skip a number 
of bars in the otherwise continuous bar numbering.
This is used for example when a section repeats. Say, you have a repeat of bar 7 and 
8, and want the first bar after the repeat to have the number 11, not 9. To achieve this, 
you double-click on the “9” and insert an offset of “2”.
It  is  a ls o u s e fu l i f t h e sc or e s t art s  wi t h a n  upbeat, and you want the first “real” bar to be 
numbered 1. In that case you would specify an offset of “-1” for the second bar, and 
make sure that the bar number for the upbeat bar is hidden.
•Bar number offsets belong to the Project layer and are shown for all tracks and 
layouts.
Settings for other fixed text elements
You can make settings for virtually all text and numbers that appear in the score. 
Proceed as follows:
1.Open the Score Settings dialog on the Project page and select the Font Settings 
subpage.
2.Select the Project Text tab.
3.Use the “Font For” pop-up menu to select a text type to make settings for.
4.Use the options in the dialog to change the settings.
5.Click Apply to apply the settings to all elements of the selected type.
To close the dialog, click the close button at the top right of the dialog window.
Bar Numbers before and after changing their font settings.
•You can also define text attribute sets on the Font Settings subpage, as a means 
to quickly change text.
Note that you can select a defined attribute set from the context menu opened 
when right-clicking on a text element (see 
“Text attribute sets” on page 847).
Other Bar Numbers – 
Horizontal OffsetSets the horizontal distance between the bar number and the 
bar line for all other bars.
Other Bar Numbers – 
Vertical OffsetSets the vertical distance between the bar number and the bar 
line for all other bars.
Option Description 
						

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Working with layouts
About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
- What layouts are and what they contain.
- How to create layouts.
- How to use layouts for opening combinations of tracks.
- How to apply, load, save and delete layouts.
- How to import and export layouts.
- An example of how layouts can be used.
Background: Layouts
Layouts can be viewed as “presets” containing settings for the layout layer: staff 
spacing, bar lines, layout symbols, etc.
When to use layouts
•You need to format the score differently when you print the entire score and when 
you extract parts for single instruments (or groups of instruments). Layouts allow 
you to keep different sets of “looks” for the same track or set of tracks. You might 
for example have one layout for each single instrument and one for the entire 
score.
•By selecting another layout on the Layout page of the Score Settings dialog, you 
can switch to another combination of tracks without having to leave the Score 
Editor.
What makes up a layout?
A layout contains the following items and properties:
- The inserted Layout symbols (see “The available symbols” on page 814).
- All settings on the Layout page of the Score Settings dialog.
- The vertical spacing of the staves.
- Bar line spacing.
- Broken bar lines.
ÖNote that Project symbols (see “The available symbols” on page 814), bar line types and 
bar number offsets are part of the Project layer, and appear in all layouts.
How layouts are stored
Layouts are created automatically when you edit a single track or a combination of 
tracks. They are an integral part of the specific track combination, which means you 
do not have to save them separately. 
						

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Creating a layout
Layouts are created automatically when you open a new combination of tracks for 
editing.
Each track may have been edited before, individually or together with other tracks, it 
does not matter. What matters is that you open precisely these tracks. For example, to 
create a layout for a string quartet, select parts on the corresponding tracks and press 
[Ctrl]/[Command]-[R].
Opening a layout
The “Open Layout” command on the Scores menu opens a dialog listing all available 
layouts for the Project. 
•Select the desired layout in the list and click OK to open the tracks contained in 
the layout in the Score Editor.
This is a quick way for opening several tracks in the Score Editor directly from the 
Project window.
Layout operations
The Score Settings dialog contains a Layout page, where you can make settings for 
the different layouts. To the left of the dialog, all existing layouts in the project are 
listed (this is the same list as in the Open Layout dialog, see above). The layout 
currently used is highlighted in the list.
Opening the tracks in a layout
To select another combination of tracks for editing, select the corresponding layout in 
the list.
•You can keep the dialog open while you are editing, and use this function for 
selecting which tracks to edit.
!The order of the tracks does not matter – you can reorder them in the Project window 
without removing the layout. However, the spacing of the staves in the layout is related 
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Working with layoutsUsing layouts – an example
Importing layout symbols
By selecting another layout and selecting “Get Form” from the Functions pop-up 
menu below the list, you import all Layout symbols (inserted from the Layout section in 
the Symbols Inspector) from the selected layout into the current layout.
Managing layouts
•To rename a layout, select it in the list and enter the desired name in the Name field 
to the right in the dialog.
Initially, a layout gets the name of one of the edited tracks – it may be a good idea 
to give each layout a more informative name.
•To remove a layout you no longer need, select it in the list and select “Remove” on 
the Functions pop-up menu.
•To remove all layouts for which there no longer are track combinations, select 
“Clean Up” on the Functions pop-up menu.
Importing and exporting layouts
By selecting a layout and selecting “Export…” or “Import…” from the Functions pop-
up menu below the list, you can export or import a Layout. Note that all Staff settings 
are taken into account, when exporting or importing a layout.
Working with Display Transpose
You can specify for each staff in a layout whether it should use Display Transpose. In 
the Score Settings dialog on the Layout page, click in the D column to activate or 
deactivate the option. Note that this setting affects this layout only.
Using layouts – an example
The following text outlines the basic steps for extracting a musical part from a full 
score.
1.Prepare the entire score, including all formatting.
This might include inserting project layer block text for the score title, setting the 
bar line type, etc.
2.Open the Score Settings dialog on the Layout page and enter the desired name in 
the Name field (for example “Full Score”).
3.Close the Score Editor.
4.Open a single track, for example a woodwind part.
The Project layer settings automatically appear in the new single track layout.
5.Prepare a layout for the woodwind part.
You might for example move bar lines, add endings, activate multiple rests, etc.
•You can also import all layout symbols from the “Full Score” layout, by opening the 
Score Settings dialog on the Layout page, selecting the “Full Score” layout in the 
list to the left, and selecting “Get Form” from the Functions pop-up menu (see 
“Importing layout symbols” on page 860).
6.Enter the desired name for the new layout in the Name field on the Layout page of 
the Score Settings dialog and click “Apply”.
!Be careful not to change any of the properties which are not part of the layout. This 
modifies the “Full Score”, too.